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Ross, Thomas,Rev.,1747-1822,former owner.StEdNL
Macintyre, John,1794-1870,former owner.StEdNL
[Edinburgh? : s.n.,
18--?]
An inscription at the front indicates that this was the pulpit copy of the Rev. Thomas Ross of Kilmonivaig (1747-1822). There are some loose papers that explain family relations and the identity of the writer of the inscription. The Rev. Thomas Ross of Kilmonivaig wrote a parish report for the first Statistical Account, where he says that "Gaelic is the language of the natives" in Kilmonivaig. The inscription was written not long after his death and records the presentation of the book to John Macintyre, probably the Rev. John Macintyre (1794-1870), Ross's successor to the charge who wrote the report for the second Statistical Account. Macintyre was known as a poet: he composed some translations of Burns songs into Gaelic verse which were published by his son John Walker Macintyre, who also became a minister of this parish.